Nov/Dec 2019
2019 End-of-Year Recap
While press releases tell us what's just happened, here at International Spectrum, we always want to know what's about to happen. Hear what seven players in our industry have accomplished in 2019 and hear what they have planned for 2020. Big things are coming.
Making NACHAs: Part II
NACHA is a format for financial transactions. This article continues the deep dive into the hows and whys. If you handle the transfer of money, especially checks, this is a need-to-know dataset. And, you can take that to the bank.
Self-Discovery
In a proper merger or company acquisition, there's a discovery phase. Its goal is to determine the company's value, quality, and potential. Those are things we should know about our own company, for the very same reasons another company wants to know them. While Self Discovery is not necessarily as robust or detailed, it should be a periodic process. It's an excellent way to make your business stronger and more agile.
Business Tech: Building MultiValue Programmers - Part II
Time to party. Well, time to plan a party. Well… time to use the idea of party planning to explain the difference between working on paper, working in a word processor, and using a database. Remember: It's not the right tool if you don't know when to use it.
From the Inside November/December 2019
Another year is on its way out, and we look at all we did this year — what we didn't complete — and what still needs to be completed. Look at all the new technologies which have arrived to make our jobs easier and all the existing technologies that are making our jobs harder.
